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HUHMiM & I AIRNtSS
VOL. 104 ISSUE 7
FOGHORN.USFCA.EDU
MEChA Watches Sunrise
■'':■ ■:■£....-:
Ericka Montes/ Foghorn
USF's MEChA club went to Alcatraz Island to watch traditional Aztec dancers perform around the fire during The Sunrise Ceremony on October 8.
ERICKA MONTES
StaffWriter
MEChA headed down to
Alcatraz Island on Monday,
Oct. 8 to participate in the
Sunrise Ceremony, held annually to
celebrate Native American people and
their cultural past. The second Monday in
October is known to be a day dedicated to
Christopher Columbus for his exploration
of the Americas, but MEChA and others
alike acknowledge it as Indigenous Peoples
Day to honor the Native Americans who
inhabited the land prior to the, .arrival of
Columbus.
The Sunrise Ceremony first began in 1969,
when 79 Indians came to occupy Alcatraz
for 19 months as part of the American
Indian Movement. Guest speaker, Lenny
Foster, said it, "began in Alcatraz to reclaim
dignity, land, and rights as Indians." For
years the ceremony has been a celebration
based on indigenous ancestors and their
culture. However, this year there is more
cause to celebrate because the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples recently passed by
the General Assembly.
At 6:30 a.m.,hundreds of people gathered
en the island to hear guest speakers and
watch traditional dances performed
by volunteer groups. The organizers
displayed two banners throughout the
ceremony. One read,"Protect and Preserve
Indigenous People's Sacred Burial Sites"
and the other read, "All Life is Sacred
and Save Mother Earth." However, the
maiii aspect of the ceremony was a prayer
during the sunrise, which according to
senior and International Representative
of MEChA, Max Orozco is "kinda like
the sacred view of the world. Welcoming
the sun to the day, it's an appreciation of
life and our ancestors."
The prayer required all participants to
face in the east direction, "to watch for
MECHA: Continued on Page 2
Groups Split on Social Justice Trip
KELSEY O'BRIEN
StaffWriter
Wl
ile in past years it has been
the collaborative efforts of the
University Ministry and the
School of the Americas Watch (SOAW)
student club to send students to Fort
Benning in Columbus, Georgia, this year
the organizations have decided to host two
separate trips to the school.
SOAW expressed their desire to break
away from thf University Ministry in a
letter dated Sept. 13,2007.This came about
after SOAW learned that the University
Ministry would be developing their trip
as an Arrupe Immersion Program. "There
was new leadership at University Ministry,"
said Caitlin Christensen, president of the
student club. "There was an emphasis
on downplaying the political side of the
trip. After many discussions, the students
within our club decided that the political
aspects of the trip and social justice are
inextricably intertwined, which is why we
felt the need to organize our own trip."
Members of SOAW also expressed a desire
to reduce the overall cost of the trip for
students. In their letter, they said," Keeping
our status as a student organization grants
us access to ASUSF travel funds not
available to immersion trips...by lowering
costs, we keep the trip within the means
of students from a wider range of
socioeconomic backgrounds."
SOAW also separated from the
University Ministry's trip with the hope
of inviting a diverse group of students to
go on the trip. "We felt that some people
might be more comfortable in different
environments," said Amber McChesney-
Young, a member of SOAW "When I
went on the trip last year, a big part of
it was attending the vigil and Ignatian
family teach-in, and while it was an
amazing experience, it was also heavily
religious at times, which could feel too
exclusive for some students."
University Ministry's trip to the school
does not discriminate students based on
faith in any way. SOAW simply felt that
the association with University Ministry
might deter some students from applying
to go on the trip.
In a letter replying to SOAW, University
Ministry Executive Director Rev. Donal
Godfrey, S.J. wrote that University
Ministry wished the club well with their
SO A: Continued on Page 2
Alumni Offer Advice to Future Journalists
Harry Potter and
the Homosexual
Headmaster.
P.
c
Laura Plantholt/ Foghorn
Copywriter Myra Sandoval (right) listened as broadcast journalist Toan Lam (left) talked to members of USF's community, which included
faculty, alumni and undergraduates, at the 2007 Journalism Alumni Panel. The alumni talked about their long journey to become the journalists they are today. Their stories included relocating to obscure parts of Kentucky and being robbed for video equipment in Montana.
LAURA PLANTHOLT
StaffWriter
Having a successful career in the
field of journalism is no easy
feat, and USF students who enroll in the journalism minor do so with
the understanding that they may find the
post-graduation job search a struggle.
This dilemma prompted journalism professor Dr. J. Michael Robertson to ask
the question of recent USF graduates:
"Do USF students have a future in 21st
century journalism?" The answer was a
resounding "yes" from the eight panelists who came to tell their stories and
give advice last Tuesday*evening. Though
the panelists all had flourishing careers in
their desired field, they also agreed that
it took a lot of hard work and sacrifice to
get to their current positions.
Robertson said he coordinated the
event to promote enrollment in the Journalism minor, which is located within
the department of media studies. He
invited 11 alumni who graduated from
USF within the last fifteen years, and
surprisingly all of them said yes. "I was
delighted!" said Robertson, who expected
only half to show up. (At the last minute,
three of the would-be panelists had to
cancel due to work and illnesses, so only
eight attended in total.)
The event began at 7:30 p.m., when
faculty, alumni and current undergrads
gathered in Fromm Hall to meet and
greet one another. At 8:00, the panelists
took their seats at the front of the room,
speaking candidly about their USF education, internships, career paths and words of
advice.
The panelists' careers were within the
fields of print or broadcast journalism,
blogging, copy writing, marketing or some
combination of the above.
As expected, the alumni agreed that at
first finding a relevant job was a difficult
process. Jessica Dryden-Cook admitted
she found her first post-graduation job
serving coffee at her neighborhood Starbucks before finding her first job copy editing at a gaming magazine, while Tiffany
Maleshefski served as a secretary at a law
school before finding her big break reporting at a small newspaper in Brentwood,
Calif.
The rest had better luck finding jobs
in their field, but- almost all of them had
to move a significant distance. Toan Lam
had to relocate to Wassaw, Wisconsin for
his first job as a broadcast journalist, for
which he earned a meager $20,000 a year.
"I was like, 'Oh my gosh, what did I do?' I
don't know anybody here, the roads look
foreign, the culture is foreign...and I wa#
the only minority on air there at the four
stations," he said. Broadcast journalist
Vicky Nguyen moved from San Francisco
to Orlando to Reno to Phoenix and back
to San Francisco after graduating. Frequent relocations also plagued print journalist Jennifer Jolly, who said, "I moved
eight times in five years."
After getting more experience in their
fields, and trying out different kinds of
careers, they were all able to settle into
something that pleased them. For most,
that meant doing more than just one thing.
Jolly, in addition to running a public relations firm full time, also writes a nationally
syndicated column and contributes to San
Francisco's View from the Bay. Almost
all said that in addition to their full time
job they generated supplementary income
from freelance work
The panelists also emphasized the dynamic nature of journalism, noting evolving technologies and convergence as key
' factors that are influencing the job market.
"[The jobs] are changing a lot," Nguyen
said. "A lot of newscasts are going to webcasts. A lot of reporter/photographer/editor teams are going to one job." Nguyen
mentioned that the skills she acquired from
a film editing class at USF helped her impress employers at a station for which she
interned. The most marketable candidates
for a job are people who can work with all
mediums and all technologies. Robertson
said, "[Employers] like it if you can say 'oh
yeah, I'm getting a print job, but I've also
done podcasts, I've also put some stuff on
YouTube.' Even if they don't want you to
do it, they're so worried about the future,
especially in print, they're delighted that
you seem to have some interest in it."
On the topic of technological innovation in journalism, it was inevitable for
the blogging trend to come up, and ev-
JOURNALISM: Continued on Page 2
The big rainbow door
was back again this
year.
Warm up to see
snow on the streets
of San Francisco
soon.
_1w
p.
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HUHMiM & I AIRNtSS
VOL. 104 ISSUE 7
FOGHORN.USFCA.EDU
MEChA Watches Sunrise
■'':■ ■:■£....-:
Ericka Montes/ Foghorn
USF's MEChA club went to Alcatraz Island to watch traditional Aztec dancers perform around the fire during The Sunrise Ceremony on October 8.
ERICKA MONTES
StaffWriter
MEChA headed down to
Alcatraz Island on Monday,
Oct. 8 to participate in the
Sunrise Ceremony, held annually to
celebrate Native American people and
their cultural past. The second Monday in
October is known to be a day dedicated to
Christopher Columbus for his exploration
of the Americas, but MEChA and others
alike acknowledge it as Indigenous Peoples
Day to honor the Native Americans who
inhabited the land prior to the, .arrival of
Columbus.
The Sunrise Ceremony first began in 1969,
when 79 Indians came to occupy Alcatraz
for 19 months as part of the American
Indian Movement. Guest speaker, Lenny
Foster, said it, "began in Alcatraz to reclaim
dignity, land, and rights as Indians." For
years the ceremony has been a celebration
based on indigenous ancestors and their
culture. However, this year there is more
cause to celebrate because the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples recently passed by
the General Assembly.
At 6:30 a.m.,hundreds of people gathered
en the island to hear guest speakers and
watch traditional dances performed
by volunteer groups. The organizers
displayed two banners throughout the
ceremony. One read,"Protect and Preserve
Indigenous People's Sacred Burial Sites"
and the other read, "All Life is Sacred
and Save Mother Earth." However, the
maiii aspect of the ceremony was a prayer
during the sunrise, which according to
senior and International Representative
of MEChA, Max Orozco is "kinda like
the sacred view of the world. Welcoming
the sun to the day, it's an appreciation of
life and our ancestors."
The prayer required all participants to
face in the east direction, "to watch for
MECHA: Continued on Page 2
Groups Split on Social Justice Trip
KELSEY O'BRIEN
StaffWriter
Wl
ile in past years it has been
the collaborative efforts of the
University Ministry and the
School of the Americas Watch (SOAW)
student club to send students to Fort
Benning in Columbus, Georgia, this year
the organizations have decided to host two
separate trips to the school.
SOAW expressed their desire to break
away from thf University Ministry in a
letter dated Sept. 13,2007.This came about
after SOAW learned that the University
Ministry would be developing their trip
as an Arrupe Immersion Program. "There
was new leadership at University Ministry,"
said Caitlin Christensen, president of the
student club. "There was an emphasis
on downplaying the political side of the
trip. After many discussions, the students
within our club decided that the political
aspects of the trip and social justice are
inextricably intertwined, which is why we
felt the need to organize our own trip."
Members of SOAW also expressed a desire
to reduce the overall cost of the trip for
students. In their letter, they said," Keeping
our status as a student organization grants
us access to ASUSF travel funds not
available to immersion trips...by lowering
costs, we keep the trip within the means
of students from a wider range of
socioeconomic backgrounds."
SOAW also separated from the
University Ministry's trip with the hope
of inviting a diverse group of students to
go on the trip. "We felt that some people
might be more comfortable in different
environments," said Amber McChesney-
Young, a member of SOAW "When I
went on the trip last year, a big part of
it was attending the vigil and Ignatian
family teach-in, and while it was an
amazing experience, it was also heavily
religious at times, which could feel too
exclusive for some students."
University Ministry's trip to the school
does not discriminate students based on
faith in any way. SOAW simply felt that
the association with University Ministry
might deter some students from applying
to go on the trip.
In a letter replying to SOAW, University
Ministry Executive Director Rev. Donal
Godfrey, S.J. wrote that University
Ministry wished the club well with their
SO A: Continued on Page 2
Alumni Offer Advice to Future Journalists
Harry Potter and
the Homosexual
Headmaster.
P.
c
Laura Plantholt/ Foghorn
Copywriter Myra Sandoval (right) listened as broadcast journalist Toan Lam (left) talked to members of USF's community, which included
faculty, alumni and undergraduates, at the 2007 Journalism Alumni Panel. The alumni talked about their long journey to become the journalists they are today. Their stories included relocating to obscure parts of Kentucky and being robbed for video equipment in Montana.
LAURA PLANTHOLT
StaffWriter
Having a successful career in the
field of journalism is no easy
feat, and USF students who enroll in the journalism minor do so with
the understanding that they may find the
post-graduation job search a struggle.
This dilemma prompted journalism professor Dr. J. Michael Robertson to ask
the question of recent USF graduates:
"Do USF students have a future in 21st
century journalism?" The answer was a
resounding "yes" from the eight panelists who came to tell their stories and
give advice last Tuesday*evening. Though
the panelists all had flourishing careers in
their desired field, they also agreed that
it took a lot of hard work and sacrifice to
get to their current positions.
Robertson said he coordinated the
event to promote enrollment in the Journalism minor, which is located within
the department of media studies. He
invited 11 alumni who graduated from
USF within the last fifteen years, and
surprisingly all of them said yes. "I was
delighted!" said Robertson, who expected
only half to show up. (At the last minute,
three of the would-be panelists had to
cancel due to work and illnesses, so only
eight attended in total.)
The event began at 7:30 p.m., when
faculty, alumni and current undergrads
gathered in Fromm Hall to meet and
greet one another. At 8:00, the panelists
took their seats at the front of the room,
speaking candidly about their USF education, internships, career paths and words of
advice.
The panelists' careers were within the
fields of print or broadcast journalism,
blogging, copy writing, marketing or some
combination of the above.
As expected, the alumni agreed that at
first finding a relevant job was a difficult
process. Jessica Dryden-Cook admitted
she found her first post-graduation job
serving coffee at her neighborhood Starbucks before finding her first job copy editing at a gaming magazine, while Tiffany
Maleshefski served as a secretary at a law
school before finding her big break reporting at a small newspaper in Brentwood,
Calif.
The rest had better luck finding jobs
in their field, but- almost all of them had
to move a significant distance. Toan Lam
had to relocate to Wassaw, Wisconsin for
his first job as a broadcast journalist, for
which he earned a meager $20,000 a year.
"I was like, 'Oh my gosh, what did I do?' I
don't know anybody here, the roads look
foreign, the culture is foreign...and I wa#
the only minority on air there at the four
stations," he said. Broadcast journalist
Vicky Nguyen moved from San Francisco
to Orlando to Reno to Phoenix and back
to San Francisco after graduating. Frequent relocations also plagued print journalist Jennifer Jolly, who said, "I moved
eight times in five years."
After getting more experience in their
fields, and trying out different kinds of
careers, they were all able to settle into
something that pleased them. For most,
that meant doing more than just one thing.
Jolly, in addition to running a public relations firm full time, also writes a nationally
syndicated column and contributes to San
Francisco's View from the Bay. Almost
all said that in addition to their full time
job they generated supplementary income
from freelance work
The panelists also emphasized the dynamic nature of journalism, noting evolving technologies and convergence as key
' factors that are influencing the job market.
"[The jobs] are changing a lot," Nguyen
said. "A lot of newscasts are going to webcasts. A lot of reporter/photographer/editor teams are going to one job." Nguyen
mentioned that the skills she acquired from
a film editing class at USF helped her impress employers at a station for which she
interned. The most marketable candidates
for a job are people who can work with all
mediums and all technologies. Robertson
said, "[Employers] like it if you can say 'oh
yeah, I'm getting a print job, but I've also
done podcasts, I've also put some stuff on
YouTube.' Even if they don't want you to
do it, they're so worried about the future,
especially in print, they're delighted that
you seem to have some interest in it."
On the topic of technological innovation in journalism, it was inevitable for
the blogging trend to come up, and ev-
JOURNALISM: Continued on Page 2
The big rainbow door
was back again this
year.
Warm up to see
snow on the streets
of San Francisco
soon.
_1w
p.
SAN FRANCISCO FOGHORN 2130 FULTON STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118 NEWSROOM - - 415.422.6122 ADVERTISING - - 415.422.2657
•